County profile
Phillips County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2178 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$677.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,331
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
329
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,255
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.6%
Median HH income
$40.1k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.6%
Poverty rate
29.3%±3.4%
Business applications
213 · 2025
Retail establishments
53
36.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care30%
Retail trade21%
Wholesale trade16%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation10%
Education9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,255
residents · 2025 · -13.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,950
International migration+183
Natural change−356
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$555.6M2019
$570.2M2020
$662.6M2021
$676.5M2022
$698.1M2023
$677.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$78.2k±$15.0k
Median gross rent
$737/mo±$84/mo
Vacancy rate
27.9%±3.3%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
$150.0k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 93Tornado 78Heat wave 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
1572014
1402015
1332016
1422017
1402018
1652019
1412020
1622021
1682022
1662024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
112022
12023
162024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
19.1 km
AKMD
Nearest port
0.1 km
Helena-West Helena Port, AR
Nearest commercial airport
105.0 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,260,685 short tons/yr · Helena-West Helena Port, AR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Phillips?
Phillips's economy produced $677.6M in 2024, contracting 2.9% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.